 Power Plant: RTG, Power Plant Statistics Help |
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 Aug 27 2004, 04:20 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 7-August 04 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 6,549  |
Hmm. Having encountered RTGs (radio-thermal generator) on the web, I am interested in writing them up as a power plant using the 'Rigger 3' template system. Any suggestions for how to proceed?
(A method of converting real-world engine statistics to Shadowrun would be nice, too, if you have a way of doing so plausibly.) |
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Aug 27 2004, 04:38 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
I'd make it akin to a SunCell system with Battery power plants, restricted to spacecrafts due to shielding considerations and so on.
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Aug 27 2004, 08:58 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
Note that it'd be a very heavy power plant system. RTGs are not wonders of power-to-weight ratio (I think the Cassini RTGs are about 300kg per kilowatt). I'd take the electrical battery template, halve its load capacity, and ban the effects of superconductor drive and engine customization. Of course, fuel would be a non-issue. As for converting RL power plants, SR/R3 is annoying in that the engines are poorly detailed from a weight and horsepower aspect. Those stats, and the overall weight/performance of the vehicle, are boiled down to speed, load capacity, etc. In GURPS Vehicles, it would be very easy to convert a RL power plant, mostly because it tries hard to model RL power plants and vehicle performance (it doesn't always succeed, but if you're careful, you can model a lot of RL vehicles quite accurately). But Rigger 3 is less "grounded" (and much simpler) than GURPS Vehicles. Any conversion from RL to R3 would be, IMO, either on the vehicle scale ("this vehicle can do 0 to 60mph in 7 seconds...so it's acceleration would be X...") or the SWAG I did above for RTGs. |
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Aug 27 2004, 11:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528 |
IIRC the Sowjets used RTG's to power some remote weather stations here on good ole earth. And who cares about shielding and mutations in SR. Birdy |
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Aug 27 2004, 11:50 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
All them Injuns frown on the Anglos using power plants disrespectful to Mother Nature. ;)
Yep, but those only needed a few hundred watts to operate. |
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